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Performance characteristics of the button personal inhalable aerosol sampler

Aizenberg, V., Grinshpun, S.A, Willeke, K., Smith, J. and Baron, P.A
2000
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, 61 (3): 398-404
inhalable aerosols, personal sampling, wind tunnel evaluation

Aizenberg, V., Grinshpun, S.A, Willeke, K., Smith, J. and Baron, P.A, (2000), "Performance characteristics of the button personal inhalable aerosol sampler", AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, 61 (3): 398-404.
Abstract:
The button inhalable aerosol sampler with a curved porous inlet recently was developed and evaluated as a stationary sampler in the laboratory and in the field. The present study focused on investigating its suitability far personal inhalable aerosol sampling. The button sampler was tested at two wind velocities (0.5 and 2.0 m/sec), three particle sizes (7, 29, and 70 mu m) and three orientations to the wind (0, 90, and 180 degrees). The performance characteristics of the button sampler were compared with those of three other personal samplers-the IOM (Institute of Occupational Medicine), GSP, and 37-mm closed-face filter cassette. The experiments were conducted in a wind tunnel with the samplers mounted on a full-size manikin. The direction-specific sampling efficiency of the button sampler was found to be essentially independent of the wind direction and dependent on the wind velocity to a much smaller degree than that of the three other samplers. When direction-averaged, the fit of its sampling efficiency curve to the inhalability curve was found to be better than that of the 37-mm closed-face cassette, comparable with that of the GSP sampler, and less than that of the IOM sampler. The precision of the button sampler was found to be generally equal to or better than the precision of the comparison samplers. it was concluded that the button sampler can be successfully used as a personal inhalable aerosol sampler.

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Aizenberg, V.
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Grinshpun, S. A.
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  3. Bioaerosol collection by a new electrostatic precipitator
  4. Characteristics of airborne actinomycete spores
  5. Collection of airborne microorganisms by a new electrostatic precipitator
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  7. Collection of bioaerosol particles by impaction: effect of fungal spore agglomeration and bounce
  8. Collection of fungal spores on air filters and spore reentrainment from filters into air
  9. Development and evaluation of aerosol generators for biological materials
  10. Effect of impact stress on microbial recovery on an agar surface
  11. Effect of relative humidity on the aerodynamic diameter and respiratory deposition of fungal spores
  12. Evaluation of a new personal sampler for enumerating airborne spores
  13. Field Testing of New Aerosol Sampling Method With a Porous Curved Surface as Inlet
  14. Fungal fragments as indoor air biocontaminants
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  16. Improved aerosol collection by combined impaction and centrifugal motion
  17. Inlet sampling efficiency of bioaerosol samplers
  18. Long-term sampling of airbome bacteria and fungi into a non-evaporating liquid
  19. Performance of Air-O-Cell, Burkard, and Button samplers for total enumeration of airborne spores
  20. Release of lead-containing particles from a wall enclosure
  21. Release of Streptomyces albus propagules from contaminated surfaces
  22. Techniques for dispersion of microorganisms into air  
Willeke, K.
  1. Aerosol characteristics of airborne actinomycetes and fungi
  2. Bioaerosol collection by a new electrostatic precipitator
  3. Characteristics of airborne actinomycete spores
  4. Collection of airborne microorganisms by a new electrostatic precipitator
  5. Collection of bioaerosol particles by impaction: effect of fungal spore agglomeration and bounce
  6. Collection of fungal spores on air filters and spore reentrainment from filters into air
  7. Development and evaluation of aerosol generators for biological materials
  8. Effect of impact stress on microbial recovery on an agar surface
  9. Effect of relative humidity on the aerodynamic diameter and respiratory deposition of fungal spores
  10. Evaluation of a new personal sampler for enumerating airborne spores
  11. Fungal fragments as indoor air biocontaminants
  12. Improved aerosol collection by combined impaction and centrifugal motion
  13. Inlet sampling efficiency of bioaerosol samplers
  14. Long-term sampling of airbome bacteria and fungi into a non-evaporating liquid
  15. Performance of Air-O-Cell, Burkard, and Button samplers for total enumeration of airborne spores
  16. Performance of bioaerosol samplers: collection characteristics and sampler design considerations
  17. Release of lead-containing particles from a wall enclosure
  18. Release of Streptomyces albus propagules from contaminated surfaces
  19. Source strength of fungal spore aerosolization from moldy building material
  20. Techniques for dispersion of microorganisms into air  
Smith, J.
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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Baron, P. A.
     


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